In the official broadcast room of the Xia Kingdom, the lights were dazzling and the atmosphere was heated. The host, Shine Lewis, stood in the center of the stage, his eyes sparkling with excitement as if he could ignite the passion of the entire virtual world. He glanced at the prompt on the screen in front of him, looked up with a smile, and announced in a loud voice, "All sixteen matches of the first round of the Fire Seed Cup have been completed, and the virtual world has calculated the actual combat strength demonstrated by each team." His words were filled with pride and anticipation for the competition.

Behind Shine Lewis, a huge screen displayed the ranking of the sixteen teams, each team's name shining like a star. The first team was the Ray Willow Veterans, with Captain Ray Willow's name shining brightly at the top. Following closely was the Ray Cloud Squad, with Captain Ray Cloud's name also catching the eye. Other teams were ranked according to their combat strength, forming a spectacular chart of power.

On this list, the names of teams like the Shield Axe Squad, the Thunder Squad, and the Golden Eagle Squad appeared one after another, with each team's strength value accurate to the unit, showing the rigor and fairness of the Fire Seed Cup. The rankings of the Yvonne Archer Squad and the Fairy Pose Squad were even more surprising, causing Shine Lewis to exclaim, "Some masters are still hiding their strength, and the competition will become more intense as the competition goes on. Tomorrow's competition will definitely be more exciting."

As Shine Lewis spoke, the schedule of the next day's matches appeared on the side of the screen, indicating that the upcoming battles would be even more fierce. His words fell, and the atmosphere in the broadcast room reached a climax, with the audience's cheers surging like waves.

However, as the competition came to an end, the audience gradually dispersed, tired from watching for so long. Especially in the later stages of the competition, the number of viewers had dropped to 800 million. Children under 16 years old have an online time limit of 8 hours, and they are not willing to spend all their online time watching the competition.

In Jamie Smith's personal space, through the huge glass window, you can see the snow-capped mountain peak and the ice lake, the scenery is very beautiful.

The six members of the Pear Wood Squad sat down on the sofa.

"I also took the time to watch the previous few games carefully while watching the competition," Jamie Smith said, "and I found some threatening opponents."

"Are there third-order masters?" Emily Johnson's eyes lit up, asking.

Jamie Smith waved his hand, and the ranking of the sixteen teams appeared next to him.

"I have carefully watched the slow motion of some key battles," Jamie Smith nodded, "and I can confirm that Skye Bearman of the Shield Axe Squad has broken through to the third order on the spot, but his evolution method has not reached a high order. But tomorrow, there is a certain probability that his evolution method will break through successfully."

"Celia Green of the Fairy Pose Squad, Lily Steel of the Golden Eagle Squad, and Eugene Fong of the Wuling Squad, all three of them are suspected of breaking through," Jamie Smith said.

"Suspected of breaking through?" The team members all looked at Jamie Smith.

"They have at least an 80% chance of breaking through, or maybe I'm mistaken," Jamie Smith said, "Of course, there may still be masters in the entire competition that I haven't noticed, but the second round of the competition will be more intense, and their strength will be exposed one by one. Our opponent tomorrow is the Golden Eagle Squad."

September 3rd, 2:00, Golden Eagle Squad vs. Pear Wood Squad.

"We only need to focus on the Golden Eagle Squad now!" Jamie Smith said.

"Lena Smith is in the Golden Eagle Squad," Finn Brown said coldly, "This little guy, we gave him free training for more than half a month, surrounded him, trained his close combat archery. He succeeded, but he slipped away before the competition started."

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"Take his words as farting," Chase Ron was also angry.

"Now we have a stronger Emily Johnson," Quincy Shawn said with a smile, "That Lena Smith, must be very unhappy."

Emily Johnson smiled: "I will definitely perform well in the competition."

"Lena Smith is not worth mentioning," Jamie Smith said, "He is the weakest in their team, Lily Steel, Daniel Scott, Fiona Anderson, William Taylor, four people need to be more careful. Especially my senior Lily Steel... He used to be one of the three legends in the Xia Kingdom martial arts circle, and has won the world's first place three times!"

Jamie Smith said solemnly, "Speaking of the World Martial Arts Competition, he is the person who has won the world's first place the most in the Xia Kingdom!"

Finn Brown also nodded and felt the pressure: "Senior Lily Steel is the most hardworking and crazy person I have ever seen. He trained too crazily every day, and his shoes were actually worn out... So later he simply practiced barefoot! All year round, no matter how cold it is, he practices barefoot, and his feet have thick calluses. Practice in the morning, practice at night, and practice when you wake up at night. It seems that his life is only practicing martial arts."

The younger martial brothers who have been in the national team feel very strongly, and Quincy Shawn also said: "Jamie Smith practices martial arts very hard, but Senior Lily Steel is simply crazy."

"Because of this, he is the one who inherits the most of the master's shield knife skills," Jamie Smith said, "And I feel that he has probably broken through! If he breaks through to the third order, the evolution method is high order... Then we must do our best in this battle."

"Hmm." Everyone present nodded.

"Daniel Scott and Fiona Anderson, both of them are no less than me," Finn Brown nodded, "They are much younger than me, and their potential is terrifying."

"Yes."

Chase Ron said, "Daniel Scott is 18 years old this year, Fiona Anderson is 20 years old this year, both are folk players. They have reached today's strength in just over a month after entering the virtual world, and their talent is really terrifying."

May Lee said: "The Golden Eagle Squad chose such two young people with extraordinary talent, and they also have ambitions. They also invited Lily Steel as the team leader!"

"William Taylor is also better than me in shield law," Chase Ron nodded, "He is a person who is almost flawless in defense."

...

Golden Eagle Squad, Lily Steel's personal space.

This is a mountain forest, the entire mountain forest is the residential area of Lily Steel, six team members and team managers are sitting on wooden chairs.

"Our opponent in the second round is the Pear Wood Squad," the silver-haired young man looked at Lena Smith, "Lena Smith, you were originally a teammate of Jamie Smith, tell us what you know."

Lena Smith nodded: "I haven't had much contact with Emily Johnson. But I am very familiar with the other four people. According to the position, Finn Brown and Zachary Wilson are quite comparable, and you need to be careful of his javelin technique. Quincy Shawn is slightly weaker than Fiona Anderson. Chase Ron is slightly weaker than William Taylor, and he is more clumsy. The captain of our two teams, our captain is naturally much stronger than Jamie Smith."

"Hmm." The silver-haired young man nodded slightly. His eyes were full of trust for Lena Smith.

The short and fat Lily Steel sat there, indifferently said: "My younger martial brother Jamie Smith is suspected of breaking through to the third order."

Wow.

Everyone present looked at Lily Steel in unison.

"Breaking through to the third order?" Zachary Wilson is a somewhat young and vigorous young man, and he can't help but say at the moment, "He only used a shield in the preliminaries and the first round of the competition. Can you be sure he has broken through?"

"He is too stable! The shield is too stable, and the timing of dodging is too perfect," Lily Steel said indifferently, "But my younger martial brother is known for his violent and fast style, and he has never been a stable style. Only by breaking through in combat skills can he be very stable in the face of various situations."

The silver-haired young man nodded solemnly: "You are right, I have observed many team members, and I also feel that Jamie Smith is very stable this time."

"The most important thing is that he didn't use his gun skills in the preliminaries and the first round," Lily Steel said calmly, "He joined the national team, and I observed him, my younger martial brother, has an amazing talent for gun skills. Considering all aspects, I judge that he has a high probability of breaking through to the third order."

"I can be sure that he hadn't broken through when I left the Pear Wood Squad," Lena Smith said.

"That means he broke through after you left," Lily Steel said, "Well, he is handed over to me! The others, you solve them."

"Yes, Captain!" The other members of the team immediately responded. Their eyes were full of trust and respect for Lily Steel.

The silver-haired young man looked at this scene with satisfaction. He felt that his wisest choice was to appoint Lily Steel as the team leader. It's a pity that Emily Johnson, who wanted to invite,

didn't come.

His eyes were full of trust and respect for Lily Steel, and there was a trace of regret.